Syntax changes¶

A number of changes in the syntax have been brought in Smilei’s version 3.3. Most changes only affect keywords names.

In the namelist¶

Old	New
`"1d3v"`, `"2d3v"`, `"3d3v"`	`"1Dcartesian"`, `"2Dcartesian"`, `"3Dcartesian"`
`maxwell_sol`	`maxwell_solver`
`sim_length`	`grid_length`
`sim_time`	`simulation_time`
`bc_em_type_*`	`EM_boundary_conditions`
`referenceAngularFrequency_SI`	`reference_angular_frequency_SI`
`currentFilter_int`	CurrentFilter
`Friedman_filter` `Friedman_theta`	FieldFilter
`poisson_iter_max`	`poisson_max_iteration`
`poisson_error_max`	`poisson_max_error`
`species_type`	`name`
`initPosition_type`	`position_initialization`
`initMomentum_type`	`momentum_initialization`
`n_part_per_cell`	`particles_per_cell`
`nb_density`	`number_density`
`bc_part_type_****`	`boundary_conditions`
Particle boundary condition `"none"`	`"periodic"`
Particle boundary condition `"refl"`	`"reflective"`
Particle boundary condition `"supp"`	`"remove"`
`thermT`	`thermal_boundary_temperature`
`thermVelocity`	`thermal_boundary_velocity`
`isTest`	`is_test`
`dynamics_type`	`pusher`
`boxSide`	`box_side`
`polarizationPhi`	`polarization_phi`
`dump_file_sequence`	`keep_n_dumps`
`coef_cell`	`cell_load`
`coef_frozen`	`frozen_particle_load`
`DumpRestart`	Checkpoints
`ExtField`	ExternalField
`track_******`	DiagTrackParticles
`track_filter`	The `filter` function syntax has changed
`DiagParticles`	DiagParticleBinning
`output` of `DiagParticles`	`deposited_quantity` The values of this argument have changed

Old	New
`from Smilei import *` `S = Smilei("my/simulation/path/")`	`import happi` `S = happi.Open("my/simulation/path/")`
`ParticleDiagnostic()`	`ParticleBinning()`
`slice` argument	`average` or `sum`, depending on the diagnostic
`stride` argument	more complete `subset`
`average` argument of `Probe()` used bins indices	now requires coordinates in code units